Additional student types

Transfer Credit Evaluation

Understanding your evaluation

Taking time to read and understand your transfer credit evaluation will assist you when you are preparing to meet with your academic advisor. We recommend that you take your evaluation to your advisor meeting.

Reading your credit evaluation

College credit is evaluated and grouped by college in chronological order based on the semester(s) you attended each school.

Your transcript information is helpful in determining your registration date. For more information, contact your academic advisor, which is listed on the Academics tab in My Missouri State.

General education program course codes

General education courses (GEC or GEP) fulfill MSU general education requirements as indicated below, but do not have a specific MSU course equivalency. Refer to the general education requirements to see how the GEC or GEP categories correspond with those requirements.

Some majors and degrees require specific general education courses that the GEC or GEP code may not cover. Therefore, even if you receive GEC or GEP credit, you may still have to take a specific MSU general education course for your major.

GEP was given to students who started at Missouri State University prior to fall 2014 when the new General Education took effect. GEC is given to students starting in fall 2014.

Course code

Course definition

GEC 101

First-Year Seminar

GEC 104

Quantitative Literacy

GEC 105

Written Comm. & Integrative & Applied Learning

GEC 106

Life Sciences (lab)

GEC 107

Life Sciences (no lab)

GEC 108

Physical Sciences (lab)

GEC 109

Physical Sciences (no lab)

GEC 110

Social & Behavioral Sciences

GEC 111

Humanities

GEC 112

The Arts

GEC 113

US & MO Constitutions/American History & Institutions

GEC 114

Senate Bill #4 (graduation req.)–MO Constitution Study

GEC 115

Cultural Competence

GEC 116

Public Issues

Course code

Course definition

GEP 001

First-Year Foundations

GEP 002

Computers for Learning

GEP 003

Public Speaking

GEP 004

Writing I

GEP 005

Writing II

GEP 006

Mathematics

GEP 007

Fitness for Living

GEP 008

Astronomy/Physics (w/ lab)

GEP 009

Astronomy/Physics (no lab)

GEP 010

Biology/Biomedical Sciences (w/ lab)

GEP 011

Biology/Biomedical Sciences (no lab)

GEP 012

Chemistry (with lab)

GEP 013

Chemistry (no lab)

GEP 014

Geography/Geology (w/ lab)

GEP 015

Geography/Geology (no lab)

GEP 016

Culture & Society – Humanities perspective

GEP 017

Culture & Society – Social Sciences Perspective

GEP 018

Self-Understanding – Social/Behavioral Perspective

GEP 019

Self-Understanding – Humanities Perspective

GEP 020

Self-Understanding – Creativity & Vision Perspective

GEP 021

Public Affairs – American Studies (History)

GEP 022

Public Affairs – American Studies (Political Science)

Educator preparation provider course codes

A Educator Preparation Provider (EPP) code will be assigned to a community college course from a DESE-approved education program if it does not have a direct equivalency, but the Missouri State College of Education decides that substantial similarity exists between it and a MSU course with respect to MoSTEP competencies. The PEU code is used to substitute for the Missouri State course in a given undergraduate education degree program.

You may appeal the evaluation or transferability of a PEU course through the College of Education within the Education Advisement Center, Hill Hall Room 202. If you are not pursuing a BS in education and your evaluations show PEU courses, go to the office of admissions for reevaluation for elective credit.

Course code

Course definition

PEU 001

Exploring Education

PEU 002

Intro ELE Meth/Prac

PEU 003

Classroom Technology

PEU 004

Children’s Literature

PEU 005

Ed Psych – Child

PEU 006

Ed Psych – Adolesc

PEU 007

Integrated Arts/PE

PEU 008

Math for Teachers

PEU 009

Geometry for Teachers

PEU 010

Foundations for Ed

PEU 011

Health Ed - ELE

PEU 012

Exceptional Child

PEU 013

Behavioral Mgt Techs - ELE

PEU 014

Adolescent Literatures

PEU 015

Teaching Field Experience

General course codes

You may also have general (GEN) course codes on your equivalency worksheet. See below for definitions of different codes.

Course code

Course definition

GEN 000

Elective credit: course transfers but does not have a direct equivalency to a Missouri State course.

GEN 007

Non-transferable courses - credit not accepted.

GEN 010

To compensate for fractions.

GEN 011

Lower division general education requirements have been met by completion of an Associate of Arts (AA) degree.

GEN 012

Student is exempt from general education requirements (lower and upper division) by completion of a bachelor's degree at a regionally accredited college or university.

GEN 013

Lower division general education requirements have been met by completion of an approved general education program.

GEN 016

You are exempt from lower division general education requirement through completion of an Associate of Arts (AA) degree at a regionally accredited private college or university.

GEN 040

Missouri Constitution Study requirement met.

GEN 042

Statewide 42-hour general education core has been met. Student must take HST 121 or HST 122 to fulfill Missouri State's general education requirements.

GEN 088

This indicates completion of an Associate of Science (AS) or Associate of Applied Science (AAS) degree. These degrees do not fulfill general education requirements at Missouri State. Students who plan to pursue a Bachelor of Applied Science degree with a major in Technology Management at Missouri State may receive additional transfer credit and should contact the Department of Technology and Construction Management at 417-836-5121 for information.

GEN 090

Lower division general education requirements as well as 12 hours of Professional Education requirements by completion of an Associate of Arts in Teaching (AAT) degree.

Appeal of transferability or course equivalencies

We recommend you speak with your academic advisor if you believe an elective credit course has significant similarity to a Missouri State course or that a course was incorrectly evaluated.

If it is determined that a course should be reevaluated, access the online transfer credit evaluation system by following these steps:

You must have advisor release to access this system, meaning you must have met with your academic advisor at least once before you will be allowed to submit a course for reevaluation of credit.

Repeat policy

You may repeat any of the courses you take at MSU. All attempts at the course and the grades earned, including those resulting in W, I, and Z, will appear on your transcript. The grade from the most recent attempt at the course will be the one that counts in GPA calculations.

The repeat policy is also applicable to transfer credit. For example, if you earn a C in a course at Missouri State and repeat an equivalent course at another institution, the C will be removed from the calculation of the Missouri State GPA. The transfer grade will be included only in the transfer and combined grade point averages. Read more about the repeat policy.